March Madness Record Book
1941 Boys Box Scores
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Carbondale 27, Mattoon 25
Quarterfinal-Semifinal Game at Centralia
Monday, March 17, 1941
CARBONDALE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Baggett 1 3 5 1
Baysinger 1 0 2 0
Kimmell 2 0 4 2
D. Ragsdale 2 2 6 2
R. Ragsdale 2 1 5 1
Clifford Rogers 2 1 5 1
TOTAL 10 7 10 27 7
MATTOON
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Charles Authenreith 1 0 2 2
Matty Barr 0 0 0 0
Bob Bennett 2 1 5 0
Grant Fleenor 3 0 6 4
Don Henderson 0 0 0 0
Joe Horton 0 1 1 3
Jake Seibert 5 1 11 4
TOTAL 11 3 8 25 13
Carbondale 6 11 (17) 8 2 (10) -- 27
Mattoon 12 2 (14) 7 4 (11) -- 25
Centralia 45, Paris 24
Quarterfinal-Semifinal Game at Centralia
Monday, March 17, 1941
CENTRALIA
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bill Castleman 1 3 1 1 3 3
Bill Davies 0 0 0 2 0 0
Dwight "Dike" Eddlema 11 37 2 4 24 1
Jack Klosterman 1 8 2 3 4 3
Robert Michael 2 7 0 2 4 0
Ray Owensby 0 0 0 0 0 2
Fred Pearson 0 2 0 2 0 0
Farrell Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Weber 0 0 0 0 0 0
Harold Wesner 4 8 2 3 10 0
TOTAL 19 65 7 17 45 9
PARIS
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Warren Collier 1 4 1 1 3 0
Dick Foley 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dave Humerickhouse 1 5 0 0 2 2
Lawrence Humerickhous 3 8 1 4 7 3
Gene Killion 0 0 0 0 0 0
Max Norman 0 0 0 0 0 1
Paul Pederson 0 2 1 1 1 0
Ben Redmon 0 0 1 1 1 0
Dale Schiele 3 11 2 3 8 4
James Wilson 1 4 0 0 2 2
TOTAL 9 34 6 10 24 13
Centralia 6 13 (19) 10 16 (26) -- 45
Paris 6 3 ( 9) 7 8 (15) -- 24
Centralia 54, Carbondale 20
Quarterfinal-Final Game at Centralia
Tuesday, March 18, 1941
CENTRALIA
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bill Castleman 2 2 6 0
Bill Davies 0 0 0 0
Dwight "Dike" Eddlema 9 0 18 1
Jack Klosterman 5 0 10 2
Robert Michael 4 2 10 0
Ray Owensby 0 0 0 1
Fred Pearson 0 0 0 0
Farrell Robinson 2 0 4 0
John Weber 0 0 0 0
Harold Wesner 2 2 6 1
TOTAL 24 6 9 54 5
CARBONDALE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Baggett 0 0 0 0
Baysinger 1 0 2 0
Grey 2 0 4 0
Kimmell 0 0 0 0
O'Hara 0 0 0 1
D. Ragsdale 0 1 1 3
R. Ragsdale 1 0 2 2
Clifford Rogers 2 0 4 0
Stotlar 0 0 0 0
Whalen 3 1 7 0
TOTAL 9 2 6 20 6
Centralia 18 13 (31) 14 9 (23) -- 54
Carbondale 6 6 (12) 2 6 ( 8) -- 20
Waterman 27, Freeport (H.S.) 12
Quarterfinal-Semifinal Game at Elgin (H.S.)
Monday, March 17, 1941
WATERMAN
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Agnew 3 2 8 2
Leifheit 1 3 5 1
Ken Marshall 1 2 4 1
Farwell Sawyer 2 0 4 3
Eugene Schultz 2 2 6 3
Wangler 0 0 0 2
TOTAL 9 9 27 12
FREEPORT (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Merlin Belle 1 0 2 4
Bob Brown 1 2 4 2
Cook 0 1 1 3
Gerry Dirksen 0 0 0 3
John Pinnow 1 1 3 2
Schimpf 1 0 2 0
Bill Young 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 4 4 12 14
Waterman 9 12 (21) 5 2 ( 7) -- 27
Freeport (H.S.) 0 5 ( 5) 6 1 ( 7) -- 12
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 46, Rockford (East) 32
Quarterfinal-Semifinal Game at Elgin (H.S.)
Monday, March 17, 1941
BERWYN-CICERO (MORTON)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Joseph Demkovich 3 1 7 3
Robert Hoffman 0 0 0 0
Arnold Laver 0 0 0 1
Ray Leitner 8 3 19 2
Joe Novotny 0 0 0 0
Fred Ploegman 4 1 9 3
Chester Strumillo 5 1 11 2
Charles Tourek 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 20 6 46 11
ROCKFORD (EAST)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Anacauskos 0 1 1 3
Calacci 3 1 7 3
Flood 1 2 4 2
Kostantocas 0 1 1 0
Lee 2 1 5 4
Lundberg 1 0 2 0
Manne 0 1 1 0
Sjostrom 0 0 0 0
Tronske 5 1 11 0
TOTAL 12 8 32 12
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 13 9 (22) 19 5 (24) -- 46
Rockford (East) 6 11 (17) 8 7 (15) -- 32
Freeport (H.S.) 29, Rockford (East) 27
Quarterfinal-Third Place Game at Elgin (H.S.)
Tuesday, March 18, 1941
FREEPORT (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Merlin Belle 1 0 2 2
Bob Brown 2 2 6 2
Cook 1 3 5 1
Euler 0 0 0 1
John Pinnow 3 3 9 0
Schimpf 3 1 7 4
TOTAL 10 9 29 10
ROCKFORD (EAST)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Anacauskos 5 0 10 3
Calacci 1 0 2 1
Flood 1 0 2 1
Kostantocas 0 0 0 0
Lee 1 1 3 1
Lundberg 0 0 0 0
Manne 0 0 0 0
Sjostrom 0 0 0 0
Tronske 2 2 6 0
TOTAL 11 5 27 7
Freeport (H.S.) 9 10 (19) 3 7 (10) -- 29
Rockford (East) 4 9 (13) 9 5 (14) -- 27
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 39, Waterman 25
Quarterfinal-Final Game at Elgin (H.S.)
Tuesday, March 18, 1941
BERWYN-CICERO (MORTON)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Joseph Demkovich 3 3 9 0
Robert Hoffman 1 0 2 1
Arnold Laver 1 0 2 0
Ray Leitner 3 2 8 2
Fred Ploegman 1 1 3 2
Chester Strumillo 6 3 15 1
Charles Tourek 0 0 0 1
TOTAL 15 9 39 7
WATERMAN
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Agnew 2 1 5 0
D. Charlesworth 0 1 1 0
Leifheit 2 0 4 4
Ken Marshall 3 0 6 2
Farwell Sawyer 3 1 7 0
Eugene Schultz 1 0 2 2
Wangler 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 11 3 25 9
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 10 8 (18) 13 8 (21) -- 39
Waterman 8 8 (16) 3 6 ( 9) -- 25
Canton 40, Streator (Twp.) 22
Quarterfinal-Semifinal Game at Pekin
Monday, March 17, 1941
CANTON
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Carlos Barkley 0 0 0 0
Jack Condo 0 0 0 0
Bob Conner 6 2 14 1
Harmon Groover 0 0 0 0
Charles Hughes 0 0 0 0
Bill Izzard 3 1 7 1
Sherman Payne 1 0 2 1
Ed Pschirrer 2 1 5 3
Lee Stickler 3 0 6 1
George Tomilanovich 3 0 6 2
TOTAL 18 4 40 9
STREATOR (TWP.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jack Danhoff 0 0 0 0
Don Davis 2 0 4 1
James Devero 2 0 4 1
Harold "Jack" Donelso 0 0 0 0
Louis Elko 3 0 6 2
James Guttilla 1 0 2 2
Ben Kristal 0 0 0 0
Clarence Matas 0 1 1 1
Don Morris 2 1 5 2
Ralph Novotney 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 10 2 22 9
Canton 7 15 (22) 16 2 (18) -- 40
Streator (Twp.) 4 6 (10) 6 6 (12) -- 22
Sterling (H.S.) 50, Athens 21
Quarterfinal-Semifinal Game at Pekin
Monday, March 17, 1941
STERLING (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Tom Bogard 1 0 2 0
Elwin Duhm 6 3 15 2
Bob Griesser 1 0 2 3
Erwin Ridge 2 4 8 0
Burdette Steadman 2 0 4 3
Dan Troye 1 0 2 0
Keith Wells 1 0 2 0
Bob Wolf 2 1 5 0
Harry Woodyatt 1 1 3 1
John Woodyatt 3 1 7 0
TOTAL 20 10 50 9
ATHENS
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Don Hamrick 1 1 3 0
Bud Jones 2 2 6 2
Paul Killion 0 1 1 1
Jack O'Neal 1 0 2 2
Harry Perkins 1 0 2 3
Ken Rollings 1 2 4 1
Howard Stone 0 1 1 1
John Wasilewski 1 0 2 3
Tom Wasilewski 0 0 0 0
Don White 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 7 7 21 13
Sterling (H.S.) 16 10 (26) 8 16 (24) -- 50
Athens 8 5 (13) 3 5 ( 8) -- 21
Athens 46, Streator (Twp.) 35
Quarterfinal-Third Place Game at Pekin
Tuesday, March 18, 1941
ATHENS
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bud Jones 3 3 9
Paul Killion 0 0 0
Jack O'Neal 6 1 13
Harry Perkins 3 1 7
Ken Rollings 3 0 6
John Wasilewski 4 3 11
TOTAL 19 8 46
STREATOR (TWP.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Jack Danhoff 1 1 3
Don Davis 4 1 9
James Devero 1 0 2
Harold "Jack" Donelso 1 0 2
Ben Kristal 1 0 2
Clarence Matas 1 1 3
Don Morris 5 1 11
Ralph Novotney 1 1 3
TOTAL 15 5 35
Athens 13 14 (27) 7 12 (19) -- 46
Streator (Twp.) 12 10 (22) 2 11 (13) -- 35
Canton 29, Sterling (H.S.) 28
Quarterfinal-Final Game at Pekin
Tuesday, March 18, 1941
CANTON
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Carlos Barkley 0 0 0 0
Bob Conner 5 1 11 1
Bill Izzard 2 0 4 1
Ed Pschirrer 1 0 2 0
Lee Stickler 1 2 4 3
George Tomilanovich 4 0 8 3
TOTAL 13 3 29 8
STERLING (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Elwin Duhm 3 3 9 2
Bob Griesser 3 2 8 2
Erwin Ridge 1 1 3 3
Burdette Steadman 0 0 0 0
Dan Troye 1 0 2 0
Bob Wolf 1 0 2 1
Harry Woodyatt 0 0 0 0
John Woodyatt 2 0 4 2
TOTAL 11 6 28 10
Canton 10 7 (17) 6 6 (12) -- 29
Sterling (H.S.) 4 7 (11) 7 10 (17) -- 28
Urbana (H.S.) 44, Collinsville 36
Quarterfinal-Semifinal Game at Springfield [Armory]
Monday, March 17, 1941
URBANA (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Walt Franklin 2 7 0 1 4 2
Bob Gibson 1 2 0 2 2 2
Fred Green 12 21 1 3 25 4
Leal Nelson 1 2 2 2 4 4
Clyde Rusk 1 10 4 4 6 2
Nelson Walden 0 1 1 2 1 1
George Widing 1 1 0 0 2 0
TOTAL 18 44 8 14 44 15
COLLINSVILLE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Larry Beard 0 0 0 0 0 0
Robert Bitzer 3 13 0 1 6 4
Vernon Frost 4 7 0 3 8 2
Lester Keller 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Millice 1 1 0 0 2 0
Pete Perucca 0 1 0 0 0 4
Robert Richter 0 0 0 1 0 0
Hubert Thomas 2 14 3 3 7 2
Carl Votik 0 4 2 4 2 1
Norman Whitchurch 5 19 1 3 11 1
TOTAL 15 59 6 15 36 14
Urbana (H.S.) 11 8 (19) 13 12 (25) -- 44
Collinsville 3 12 (15) 10 11 (21) -- 36
Pittsfield 29, Springfield (Feitshans) 19
Quarterfinal-Semifinal Game at Springfield [Armory]
Monday, March 17, 1941
PITTSFIELD
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Verdie Altizer 1 8 0 0 2 2
Covington 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Dodd 0 2 0 0 0 1
Don Ghrist 3 14 3 6 9 3
Harold Hillman 1 15 6 8 8 2
Don Howell 4 9 0 1 8 1
Dean Niebur 1 1 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 10 49 9 15 29 10
SPRINGFIELD (FEITSHANS)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Leroy Bennett 1 5 0 0 2 0
Charley Bohles 1 15 0 6 2 3
Johnny Kimball 0 3 1 2 1 3
Bill Klekamp 4 19 2 3 10 2
Allen Loeser 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lloyd Newquist 0 3 0 0 0 3
Andy Washko 2 10 0 3 4 0
TOTAL 8 55 3 14 19 11
Pittsfield 7 6 (13) 6 10 (16) -- 29
Springfield (Feitshans) 4 8 (12) 4 3 ( 7) -- 19
Collinsville 44, Springfield (Feitshans) 28
Quarterfinal-Third Place Game at Springfield [Armory]
Tuesday, March 18, 1941
COLLINSVILLE
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Robert Bitzer 2 4 8 4
Vernon Frost 2 3 7 2
Lester Keller 0 0 0 0
George Millice 1 0 2 1
Pete Perucca 1 0 2 1
Robert Richter 4 0 8 2
Hubert Thomas 4 2 10 2
Carl Votik 0 0 0 0
Norman Whitchurch 3 1 7 2
TOTAL 17 10 44 14
SPRINGFIELD (FEITSHANS)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Leroy Bennett 2 0 4 0
Charley Bohles 0 2 2 4
Johnny Kimball 2 0 4 1
Bill Klekamp 4 0 8 3
Allen Loeser 0 0 0 0
Edris Mabie 0 0 0 0
Lloyd Newquist 0 3 3 1
Bob Rodgerson 2 0 4 2
Marvin Schultz 0 0 0 0
Andy Washko 0 3 3 0
TOTAL 10 8 28 11
Collinsville 8 11 (19) 12 13 (25) -- 44
Springfield (Feitshans) 8 8 (16) 7 5 (12) -- 28
Urbana (H.S.) 50, Pittsfield 30
Quarterfinal-Final Game at Springfield [Armory]
Tuesday, March 18, 1941
URBANA (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Walt Franklin 1 10 3 3 5 1
Bob Gibson 4 7 3 4 11 2
Bill Grant 0 1 0 0 0 1
Fred Green 12 30 2 3 26 3
Leal Nelson 0 2 2 2 2 3
Clyde Rusk 1 6 0 0 2 2
Bill Stone 0 0 1 2 1 1
Nelson Walden 0 5 1 2 1 2
George Widing 1 1 0 0 2 0
TOTAL 19 62 12 16 50 15
PITTSFIELD
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Verdie Altizer 1 12 3 3 5 1
Chamberlain 1 1 0 0 2 1
Covington 0 0 0 0 0 0
Keith Dodd 0 0 0 0 0 2
Don Ghrist 0 6 2 2 2 4
Harold Hillman 5 18 5 7 15 2
Don Howell 2 5 1 1 5 1
Dean Niebur 0 4 1 2 1 2
Plummer 0 1 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 9 47 12 15 30 13
Urbana (H.S.) 8 13 (21) 15 14 (29) -- 50
Pittsfield 4 8 (12) 10 8 (18) -- 30
No third place game was played at the Springfield site.
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 30, Centralia 29
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 21, 1941
BERWYN-CICERO (MORTON)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Joseph Demkovich 3 6 3 3 9 2
Robert Hoffman 3 3 2 2 8 2
Arnold Laver 0 3 0 3 0 2
Ray Leitner 2 5 2 6 6 2
Chester Strumillo 3 13 1 2 7 3
Charles Tourek 0 1 0 0 0 2
TOTAL 11 31 8 16 30 13
CENTRALIA
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bill Castleman 0 10 1 2 1 3
Dwight "Dike" Eddlema 6 26 3 3 15 3
Jack Klosterman 1 11 2 3 4 4
Robert Michael 0 2 2 3 2 3
Fred Pearson 0 0 0 0 0 0
Farrell Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Weber 1 1 0 0 2 1
Harold Wesner 1 7 3 3 5 1
TOTAL 9 57 11 14 29 15
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 12 7 (19) 5 6 (11) -- 30
Centralia 2 6 ( 8) 13 8 (21) -- 29
Urbana (H.S.) 39, Canton 38 (OT)
Semifinal Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Friday, March 21, 1941
URBANA (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Walt Franklin 0 13 2 2 2 1
Bob Gibson 1 10 3 4 5 1
Fred Green 10 36 2 3 22 4
Leal Nelson 4 12 0 1 8 4
Clyde Rusk 1 16 0 1 2 0
Nelson Walden 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Widing 0 1 0 2 0 1
TOTAL 16 88 7 13 39 11
CANTON
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Carlos Barkley 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Conner 5 23 2 5 12 0
Bill Izzard 2 13 0 2 4 3
Ed Pschirrer 3 12 1 1 7 1
Lee Stickler 2 11 0 1 4 4
George Tomilanovich 3 12 5 7 11 2
TOTAL 15 71 8 16 38 11
Urbana (H.S.) 6 11 (17) 8 12 (20) 2 -- 39
Canton 6 12 (18) 15 4 (19) 1 -- 38
News-Gazette statistics gave Urbana 100 field goal attempts and had Franklin shooting 0 for 18.
Centralia 67, Canton 37
Third Place Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 22, 1941
CENTRALIA
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Bill Castleman 4 10 2 3 10 1
Dwight "Dike" Eddlema 10 33 4 6 24 3
Jack Klosterman 9 23 4 5 22 3
Robert Michael 2 8 5 10 9 2
Harold Wesner 1 10 0 0 2 1
TOTAL 26 84 15 24 67 10
CANTON
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Carlos Barkley 2 4 0 0 4 1
Jack Condo 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Conner 2 13 0 2 4 4
Harmon Groover 0 2 0 0 0 1
Charles Hughes 1 1 0 0 2 0
Bill Izzard 2 14 0 0 4 3
Sherman Payne 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Pschirrer 4 8 2 3 10 4
Lee Stickler 2 6 1 3 5 2
George Tomilanovich 3 9 2 3 8 2
TOTAL 16 57 5 11 37 17
Centralia 20 16 (36) 16 15 (31) -- 67
Canton 5 11 (16) 13 8 (21) -- 37
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 32, Urbana (H.S.) 31
Final Game at Champaign [UI, Huff Gym]
Saturday, March 22, 1941
BERWYN-CICERO (MORTON)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Joseph Demkovich 2 6 3 5 7 1
Robert Hoffman 2 6 1 3 5 1
Arnold Laver 1 5 2 3 4 2
Ray Leitner 2 7 3 6 7 3
Fred Ploegman 0 4 1 1 1 0
Chester Strumillo 3 16 2 4 8 0
Charles Tourek 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 10 44 12 22 32 7
URBANA (H.S.)
Player FG-FGA FT-FTA Pts PF
Walt Franklin 1 10 0 2 2 2
Bob Gibson 1 11 2 2 4 4
Fred Green 6 13 2 4 14 4
Leal Nelson 4 7 1 1 9 1
Clyde Rusk 1 4 0 0 2 1
Nelson Walden 0 1 0 0 0 0
George Widing 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 13 46 5 9 31 12
Berwyn-Cicero (Morton) 7 9 (16) 8 8 (16) -- 32
Urbana (H.S.) 9 6 (15) 13 3 (16) -- 31